Scene opens on a summer evening at a rural Central Pennsylvania winery. Couples and groups arrange themselves on the grass to picnic, drink wine and listen to music. Soon the lawn is a sea of blankets and folding chairs. While guests settle down in these idyllic surroundings, I’m busy lifting and lugging cartons of Chardonnay, […]
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As someone who consults on wine matters, I feel obligated to keep up on trends. So I follow a few writers, bloggers, and Twitter users whose knowledge and experience add to my understanding of the industry. I don’t care for writers who are pretentious or self-absorbed. I read less for wit than I do for
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Prosecco is my favorite bubbly by far. I love its freshness, fruitiness and affordability. Rarely have I purchased one I wouldn’t recommend to others. The LaLuca Prosecco I bought at the state store for our New Year’s Eve family get-together was typical of this Italian sparkling wine. Only problem was I really went overboard on
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Ok, friends. Thanksgiving is upon us. By now, the menu is decided, and possibly some of the dishes are simmering on the stove or baking in the oven. The nearest wine store is closed or closing soon. So let’s talk about the morning after, and the afternoon, and the evening. Black Friday. Now there’s a
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Serendipity. Gotta love it. The unexpected, surprising and pleasing encounter is why I roam back roads. This time, the find was a just-opened winery in, of all places, southeastern Ontario. I say “of all places,” because the winery is about 100 kilometers (62 miles) north of the Thousand Islands Bridge from the U.S. to Canada, a
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